Northern Provincial Council Election: Good Governance and Women’s Representation
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by Womens Action Network - - on 09/15/2013
The merged North-Eastern Provincial Council was an administrative unit that came into being and existed as a structure in Sri Lankan administration. Consequent to the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord and the enactment of the 13thAmendment to the 1978 Sri Lankan Constitution a degree of devolution was granted to the provinces. In terms of the Provincial Councils Act No. 42 of 1987 the Northern and Eastern Councils were merged to form as one provincial council to function thereof. The first election to the said merged N-E Province was held on the 10th December 1988 and Mr. Annamalai Varadaraja Perumal was chosen as its Chief Minister.
